Where does “Wedding” come from?

Wedding (Pennsylvania German) comes from Old High German wetti, from Proto-West Germanic wadi, from Proto-Germanic wadją, from Proto-Indo-European wedʰ- — to bind, to secure; to pledge, to guarantee; to...

Wedding (Pennsylvania German): bet

Definitions

  1. bet

Ancestry of “Wedding”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanwettipledge
2Proto-West Germanicwadiwager, stake, pledge
3Proto-Germanicwadjąwager, stake, pledge
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwedʰ-to bind, to secure; to pledge, to guarantee; to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wedʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wadją →Every word from Proto-West Germanic wadi →